Reboot 2003

Chapter 220 128: Open Source (Three-in-One)

Although Wall Street is only such a big place, everyone can touch it.

The bald head obviously recognized these two children - of course, Chen Qin's disguise was more successful, at least he himself was not recognized. Otherwise, with the energy of the scolding on Weibo that night... I don't know if he would have called 911. It's too late.

But Xu Lingling was probably recognized, and Becks frowned when he saw her: "Oh?"

Xu Youtao didn't understand the relationship between the two parties. Chen Qin poked his elbow, and Mr. Sun walked out quickly: "Hello, I am Sun Xiazhang from Xiangjiang Jiuyuan International..."

The bald man couldn't understand Chinese, so Xu Youtao quickly made the introduction as the intermediary. Sun Yazhang's respectful gesture soon made Becks realize that he was not an important person. However, Becks looked arrogant, but still looked behind him. The two children twitched their lips with a smile on their faces: "What a coincidence. It seems like all the people I know from China have gathered in this city. Are you here to celebrate the festival?"

Xu Youtao smiled and said: "Nice to meet you, Mr. Bex. We have agreed to discuss the asset disposal matters with you. We originally planned to go to you tomorrow..."

"No, I'm not talking about you." Bex looked into the distance. "Since that person is coming to Wall Street, these minions' gloves will naturally not fall off. It's really a cute pretending game, but it's a pity..."

"Wall Street will tell them there is no eternal victory in this world."

He spoke as if talking to himself, looked at the Asian man in front of him, and asked Xu Youtao: "What about you, which side will Deutsche Bank stand on?"

Xu Youtao was stunned for a moment and smiled awkwardly: "You are joking. Deutsche Bank has no understanding of your relationship with the Red Water Fund. The market is in chaos now, and my boss Lippmann is also worried about the future every day."

"Don't worry too much, that investigation report won't cause much trouble." Bakers said, "Our transactions this time are just regular financial operations. Since assets are bought, there are also sold; I think these Asian Human assets may be just the thing for you Asians to take care of.”

"You're right, I'm looking forward to our meeting tomorrow."

Xu Youtao was confused. He said goodbye to the nagging bald man and watched him go into the coffee shop. He scratched his head.

He actually didn't understand the situation. Just now, Bex seemed to recognize the two children and said a bunch of incomprehensible things. However, he felt a little guilty and didn't dare to ask what the other person meant.

Looking back at the two young masters, Xu Youtao asked tentatively: "That was Mr. Bex from Goldman Sachs just now. Have you seen him?"

"I met him in China, and I have a little bit of...what...cooperation experience."

Chen Qin looked around and looked at Xu Youtao and the Deutsche Bank trader behind him: "Since everything is fine, it's time for us to leave."

Fortunately, Xu Youtao didn't ask any more questions. When he asked them, "Where are you going? Do you want me to drive you?", Chen Qin politely refused.

Then Xu Youtao drove away by himself, and Manager Sun also went to the roadside to take a taxi and left. Afterwards, Chen Qin saw that there was no one around and secretly stopped a taxi, just like a thief.

At this moment, Chen Qin felt that everything would be fine next, and asked Xu Lingling: "How do you feel?"

Xu Lingling shook her head: "I don't know." She added, "The bald man just now knew his father. What if it is revealed?"

"Who asked you this? I mean that barista, is he good at latte art?"

"Who cares about that..." Xu Lingling said, holding on to the small wreath on her head, but then asked, "Then how was my performance just now?"

"Okay."

"You're lying, it's not important at all, right?" She said depressedly, "Aqin, you are always like an adult, and I can't learn from you."

"If you want to learn, go to school hard. Your Chinese is okay this time, but you made mistakes in everything I just taught you in math. How will you go to Wall Street in the future..."

Chen Qin said this, feeling vaguely in a trance. On the way, the sunset outside the car window set, and the night on Wall Street gradually enveloped.

It was still busy and efficient when I arrived. Wall Street in the evening was a bit lazy.

Waste newspapers and plastic bags were scattered on the ground. Cleaners in work uniforms were busy collecting garbage. A street lamp seemed to be broken. Two electricians were talking and laughing under the telephone pole.

A manager in a suit and a woman were arguing on the side of the road. The contrast between the classical European stone buildings and the nearby office buildings was even more obvious. The taxi drove through the messy streets, and the old man driving the car played music on the car stereo. Madonna's new CD.

But I thought the matter would be over just like that. The taxi followed the route and quickly returned to the hotel where the Kuaikan Media group stayed.

When he arrived at the hotel entrance, Chen Qin was about to get out of the car, but Xu Lingling held him back.

Looking back, Xu Lingling pointed out the window and saw a familiar man sneaking into the hotel door with a briefcase under his arm.

"Xu Youtao?"

Chen Qin recognized him at first sight. He had never thought that this person was so familiar with Gu Wenjie, but why was he in this hotel?After all, when Chen Qin came to sign the contract this time, he originally bypassed his own investment department and came to confirm the next investment terms by himself. On the one hand, it was to avoid wasting investment opportunities by sending letters back and forth. On the other hand, these fund transactions were of great importance. , especially agency investment requires a "Non-Passive Investment Authorization Agreement". This thing can easily be tricky, and confirming it in person can isolate part of the risk.

In any case, it shouldn’t be recognized directly, right?
He felt a little guilty at the moment, but seeing Xu Youtao entering the hotel door, the two of them bravely followed him in. Through the glass next to the door, they saw Xu Youtao waking up a sleeping man on the sofa at the entrance.

"Hey, Mr. Gu!"

"Oh, Teacher Xu..."

Gu Wenjie was sleeping soundly with his neck crooked. He woke him up and rubbed his face: "Why did you come here? I've been waiting for you for two hours."

"We were discussing business with your old buddy, didn't he tell you?"

"No, he has something to do in the past two days, so we agreed to contact him tonight."

"Forget it, just ask him yourself..."

Tsk... Chen Qin leaned against the wall outside, listening to the two people talking in Chinese across the glass window, thinking that this time was also a coincidence.

As for the two people meeting secretly, the reason can probably be guessed——

"Mr. Gu, I just met Bex from Goldman Sachs in the coffee shop."

"Oh? He came early?"

"Yeah, but he seems to have a strong opinion of your partner."

Gu Wenjie seemed to laugh: "Normally, if I were Bex, I would be pissed off by that person."

"No, your partner didn't come, it was...someone else anyway."

"I know, he's always like this, mysterious."

Xu Lingling outside poked Chen Qin, and Chen Qin grinned.

Gu Wenjie then asked: "How's your discussion with Goldman Sachs going?"

Xu Youtao replied: "Bex said we can talk tomorrow, but as you know, our department currently does not have the authority to dispose of assets. Mr. Lippmann's popularity in the bank is very poor. Now we can talk to Goldman Sachs about asset disposal. Not a very good one…”

Gu Wenjie waved his hand to indicate that he didn't need to worry. "You just need to negotiate." He said, "We can take over all those assets. Nanpeng has channels to handle the industrial-related things, and we can keep the mobile phone-related departments and run them ourselves."

Xu Youtao reminded: "Are you sure this is okay? The current situation that Goldman Sachs is in is thanks to you. Now they are beginning to dispose of their assets at a low price. If they knew that these things would fall into your hands in the end, then in the end... "

"I think they will understand." Gu Wenjie didn't sound worried.

"Do you have a backup?"

"On Wall Street, whoever has the biggest fist has the final say."

"But your short-selling report doesn't seem to have been approved by a third-party organization. Now Goldman Sachs is still stubborn. I think we can wait a few months..."

"You don't have to worry about this, I've already prepared it."

The two exchanged a few words in simple terms. Xu Youtao took out a box of cigarettes and gave one to Gu Wenjie.

Two men who don't usually smoke lit a cigarette together in the hotel lobby and talked about tomorrow's listing in the swirling smoke.

They obviously didn't notice the two familiar children leaning against the wall outside the French window, but Chen Qin didn't listen anymore because Lao Chen's call had already come - "Where have you two been? I Why can’t I find you?”

The two people quickly went around, entered the hotel through the back door, and hurried upstairs. They lied that they had just gone downstairs to listen to the uncle playing guitar downstairs. They were lectured by Lao Chen, and then they were not allowed to move on their own.

But there are no other plans after that, and after the busy work over there, it’s time to have dinner.

When I went downstairs, I took a look and saw that the black guitarist was still playing the piano. A man with a briefcase was listening in front of him for a long time. Before leaving, he took out a banknote and put it in the box in front of the black man.

Dinner was in the hotel's cafeteria with Kuai Kan's people.

The employees of Kuaikan in suits were chatting busily. When Lao Xu asked the two children what they were doing downstairs just now, Mr. Gu of Kuaikan came upstairs in a dusty state.

The well-dressed senior executives and directors shook hands with him, but many people saw Gu Wenjie waiting for someone downstairs just now.

Now Gu Wenjie seems to have finished his own affairs. After going upstairs, everyone is very enthusiastic. However, because of recent events, there is a vague feeling that the two parties are a little unfamiliar. Even the senior executives who originally obeyed Gu Wenjie's words seem to be a little a little bit confused because of recent events. Looks estranged.

Chen Qin felt a little guilty and said he wanted to go upstairs to play computer games. He used the hotel's bacon and sandwiches to make a meat bun, carried a bottle of Coke, and went upstairs by himself.

It will be listed soon tomorrow. Gu Wenjie used Deutsche Bank as an intermediary to secretly acquire the assets sold by Goldman Sachs at low prices. He told him that it was indeed a good opportunity, but he was too anxious. Now he has not even paid his debts. After paying it off, he wanted to use the money in his hand as an asset.

The financial crisis hasn't happened yet. If you want to buy assets at a low price, it won't be much lower. If the price is really low, there will often be various problems.Gu Wenjie set his sights on Sanyo Electromechanical, a company owned by Ari next door. This company suffered heavy losses due to the "battery scandal" in the past two years. Goldman Sachs took advantage of the situation and became one of its major shareholders. As a result, it was no longer good in the blink of an eye.

Now Goldman Sachs is ostensibly helping to reorganize the company, but in fact it is thinking about packaging up part of the other party's assets and selling them secretly for money. Sanyo Electromechanical itself also wants to find a serious buyer, and it also gives Gu Wenjie the opportunity to operate from behind. …

This company seems to have nothing to do with Gu Wenjie, but it is easy to understand why Gu Wenjie likes it. One is that Sanyo mobile phones have a lot of patents in communications and industrial manufacturing, and Chen Qin will definitely need them anyway.

One is that if he, as the founder, holds Sanyo's stock, it will be good news for Kuaikan Media. After all, it will give Kuaikan Media a stable long-term advertiser, which seems to be of some use.

And for such a big company, you can buy it just by saying...

"You said you're always thinking about your crappy media."

Chen Qin waited for Gu Wenjie to come online later to give him a nice meal, and ate his American-style meat buns in front of the computer screen.

However, Gu Wenjie is still socializing down there, so it will probably take some time.On the other side of the company, there was an old man who insisted on meeting him. Originally, he insisted on chatting with Chen Aotian through Sun Xiaomei. Sun Xiaomei said that Mr. Chen was very busy recently, so he asked Mr. Lei to come over.

Oh no, he's not an ordinary old man, it's Li Nanguang. He helped me last time, so let's meet him. No one else is needed. I'll talk to him directly.

Anyway, just like last time, we opened a chat channel for two people.

"Mr. Chen, you seem to be very prosperous recently, winning many battles on Wall Street..."

"But your mobile phones are also very powerful. ZTE's Lao Hou said that he can help you apply for two policy support funds, but Shencheng is not sure about your plans. I am mainly here to ask for Lao Hou. What are your plans? Are you still going to make mobile phones?"

Chen Qin almost laughed out loud as he bit into the meat bun.

"Do it, why don't you do it? The list of Galaxy mobile phones is now ZTE. Aren't you satisfied?"

Teacher Li said: "Hey, Lao Hou and the others started late and have no technical accumulation. Now they are dragging down the sales of your mobile phones. He said he is very sorry for you..."

Chen Qin didn't care: "It's okay, let them do it."

"Now Lao Hou's product line is improving. They have reached a cooperation with Melician's maintenance company, and their production capacity and quality control have also increased. In the past, there was no such opportunity. Now they can improve it, thanks to your Galaxy Software's willingness to give it a chance. .”

"Of course we have our own business considerations and will continue to cooperate in the future. If it's just for this matter, you don't have to worry."

Li Nanguang said: "This time I mainly want to ask, don't you still have a Guazi mobile phone? Are you encountering difficulties now?"

Chen Qin listened happily and opened the Coke he brought: "How do you know?"

"I just guessed." Teacher Li quickly explained, "The news said that your brand was in trouble, and when you asked the Goldman Sachs manager to stand up, I knew something was wrong as soon as I saw it."

"Okay, anyway, don't talk nonsense. I know that the developers of mLinux are your students. If you want to build this thing, I will definitely talk to ZTE, so don't worry."

"No, I just think it's a pity." Teacher Li said after considering the words, "I used to have disagreements with Lao Liu at Lenovo. I said technology, industry and trade, and he said trade, industry and technology. In fact, what I thought at the time was It’s a bit too simple. The IT industry is indeed not that simple. But when I look at you recently, I feel like I have seen the shadow of us back then. Your products are really good. They are technically leading in the world and consumers also like them. We are China Communications. In this field, there has never been a product of this level..."

Chen Qin listened to the old man's praise that seemed to come from the bottom of his heart. After taking a sip of Coke, he asked, "Thank you, is there anything else?"

"I heard that you plan to sell mLinux, is it true?"

"This is a trade secret." Chen Qin put the drink bottle next to him and said to the old man opposite the computer in the empty hotel room, "But it doesn't really matter. It's just an investment of one or two hundred million. You helped me." We, it’s okay to tell you, we really want to push mLinux to the international market.”

Li Nanguang suggested: "I know this is difficult to do, but now the country has begun to pay attention to the development of information technology. Although hardware is very important, without software, no matter how good the hardware is, it is just a castle in the air. Just like the chips we developed before, in fact It is not difficult to make a chip like Intel, but because of the alliance between Microsoft and Intel, which is now Wintel, our chips are useless even if they are made, so now domestic software technology has begun to pay attention, Yanjing Xiao Yu and the others have recently been helping to raise funds for such projects..."

Li Nanguang was quite serious when he said it. At this moment, the door rang. Chen Qin was startled and was relieved when he saw that it was Xu Lingling.

But I didn’t want to listen any more.

"No," Chen Qin interrupted, "I know you really want our project to stay entirely in China, but do you remember what I told you last time about our company's strategy?"

"I know, it's just open source software..."

"Did you know that Linux is an open source system?"

"I know, that Linus, I have known him for a long time."

"The open source license of Linux is GPLv2, which means that if I use their code, my project will also be open sourced to GPLv2, so our project will definitely be open source in the future. Do you think this is okay?"

"This one……"

Teacher Li probably didn't expect him to say this. He had already known the open source rules of Linux. However, considering the current situation, Chen Qin said that this seemed a bit confusing, so he hesitated and continued to persuade: "Although the open source rules now exists, but in fact there are no truly successful examples in the judicial field. If this project can be implemented, our entire Tianchao communications industry will benefit, and the country will definitely provide strong support. Even if there are any problems by then, we can find ways to solve them. Two years ago, Huawei was sued by Cisco for infringement, but didn’t it succeed in the end?”

"You misunderstood me, Teacher Li." Chen Qin also put the Roujiamo on the table, "It's not that we have to open source because of that rule, but we chose this open source project after comprehensive consideration. We started from the beginning. It’s just for the Linux development community, do you understand what I mean?”

Li Nanguang didn't understand what he meant: "I know, you hired Redhat for outsourcing, and it is said that Linus also helped you find someone..."

"That is to help us develop the system, but do you know how our system works?"

"Because your website service is made into a program, which is very convenient for users to use."

"Yes, you have to have software. You know Wintel can only be sold by combining chips and systems. Then the system must be combined with software to sell. Now Linux is completely free, open and safe. Guess why users The ____ does not work?"

"I know that Linux does not have software, but its standards are not unified. I think it is a problem. You said that without software, we can also develop our own ecology. China Mobile is developing a Java treasure box, and Nokia also has their app store. In the future, it will be It’s the age of smartphones, and many major foreign manufacturers are engaged in this. If you can take the initiative in the market, developers and users will be active on your systems, and hardware manufacturers will also comply with your standards..."

"Teacher Li, Academician Li, I respected you before, and of course I respect you now." Chen Qin smiled and shook his head, "But we are in business after all. There is something we need to discuss clearly."

"You said."

“You know a program, why should it be open source?”

"You know, Linux is open source and everyone can use it for free. Our country has benefited a lot from the open source movement..."

“So do you know who is developing open source software?”

"Enthusiasts, you still have the support of big companies. For example, the Linux company you cooperate with, Red Hat, was originally a hacker, but was later funded by IBM. Didn't you also invest in mySQL? They also have their own ways to make profits..."

"Yes, everyone has to eat. Amateurs are not as good as professionals. Many important open source projects are actually funded by big companies. So do you know why big companies pay this money?"

"Because of commercial interests, IBM's servers are challenged by Intel's small computers, so there must be Linux and alternatives so that Wintel will not be unscrupulous. Open source software can also reduce customers' usage costs and is also good for their products."

"Yes, in our IT industry, although it is good to make money, the upstream and downstream competition is so fierce, it is very good to make money for one node. Open source is a common strategy for us. You also know, we are People who are engaged in the Internet are now running to build systems. How to ensure that their systems are always the best? How to ensure that their systems can meet the needs of developers? How to ensure that users can always pay for it? Even if it is done, if other manufacturers are still unwilling If we need to start from scratch, then how about our software and the Internet?"

Li Nanguang somewhat understood what he meant: "So you want to cooperate with foreign manufacturers?"

"The current plan is to cooperate with other software manufacturers, such as Google and Microsoft, who seem to be happy to merge with our project, so that they can develop systems with us; or to join forces with large hardware manufacturers, such as Apple and Nokia, so that we Can make a new Wintel. They are actually working on their own Unix or Linux-based mobile phone systems. With these business allies, they can inherit the developer resources of the Linux community, so as to obtain tickets for the next era. I That’s how I feel.”

Li Nanguang was helpless: "Okay, I understand."

"As for the reason why you came to me, of course I understand that it is independent and controllable. I know that Meilijian's technology monopoly is terrible, and I really hope to customize some Internet standards myself, but I need to plan for the company's profits and efficiency. I feel that at least with the current mlinux system, it cannot achieve the ability to occupy the market, and the company has no intention to solely maintain a project with fierce competition and meager returns, so we must open source."

Li Nanguang hesitated: "If it's like what you said, is it okay to just make it free? After all, your previous software is not open source now, and I think dominance is also very important..."

"Yes, yes, but if not everyone can modify the code, put their own brand on it, and remove anything they don't like from the version we provide, they are likely to choose another system. Even if our development capabilities are not as good as theirs or our company goes bankrupt, they can always open a branch version led by themselves..."

"Okay, that is to say, as long as we make this kind of OS, there will be mobile phone manufacturers who will use it, right?"

"Yes, I'm sure of this, but as you can see from my company, it's not easy to compete with those big companies, so I have to seek international partners."

Mr. Li sighed: "Well, I also know that domestic software is difficult. Maybe I do think a little ideally. I just think we can at least give it a try..."

"Okay." Chen Qin picked up the meat buns and said suddenly, "If you think it's okay, then go ahead and do it, okay?"

Li Nanguang quickly explained: "Huh? I'm not saying that your company is not good..."

"No, what I mean is that you should try it out on your own. It just so happens that we haven't reached an agreement with them yet." Chen Qin said, "Didn't you bring that mLinux out? Then you can go and take a look. Well, I’ll call them right away and ask them to make you the CEO. How much salary do you want?”

Li Nanguang was a little confused: "Are you kidding me? I don't want a salary. I just think this project is a pity. But when you say it, it doesn't seem to be a problem. Open source is really good..."

"In a small company with more than a dozen people, there is nothing that cannot be tried and made wrong. If I were a capable person, I would also do closed source by myself. Developers can come and go as they please. We focus on both hardware and software. The gross profit margin is set at 50.00%. It's a pity that I'm not a capable person. You, Mr. Li, are a veteran. If you want to keep him in China, I might as well work on it for you for a few months. But if it doesn't work, I will take out the mLinux code and cooperate with others."

The old gentleman was a little confused: "Then what indicator do you want? Profit? Or break even?"

"There is no need to talk about money. You used to advocate technology, industry and trade, so let's engage in technology, industry and trade. I will provide technicians and the original project can be done for you. You can make it more than ten foreign communication companies and mobile phone companies are willing to do." How do you feel about signing a long-term contract?"

“Can it be open source?”

"Haha." Chen Qin was happy again, "Yes, as long as you are willing, at least my galaxy software will be used, and a team of engineers will be sent for free to participate in long-term system development before it is eliminated. If there is no problem , I will call Mr. Sun to see you now."

"Okay, I'll try it!"

The old gentleman agreed decisively. He is over 70 years old and is quite energetic.

but……

Chen Qin shook his head helplessly and continued to chew on his meat buns.

Open source... By 2023, at least for code, it will be considered one of the most advanced productivity technologies.

China has always been the largest user of open source.

It's a pity that although the Chinese government understands the Internet very well, they don't understand open source, or they are a bit inconsistent.

If we are still building a national brand in 2023, we cannot say that the Xinchuang strategy is not good, but for Internet software companies that want to be more efficient, it is better to stay away.

But it’s a pity for Academician Li himself. If he wants to do it so much, let him do it on his own. If he messes up, there will be an explanation. It’s just because of Chen Qin’s own good deeds that Apple has delayed holding a press conference. , Guazi's phone can't be used, and he has to be busy with other things... In short, Google recently came to negotiate terms, but the terms were not good enough.

"Are you full? Why are you here so early?" Suddenly remembering that there was someone behind him, Chen Qin turned around and saw Xu Lingling playing with her mobile phone. Xu Lingling shook her head.

"Aqin, the uncle named Gu was eating just now, and suddenly he had a quarrel with someone from Yahoo."

"Oh..." Chen Qin nodded, "I told you there was no use hanging around with that group of people, and my good intentions were taken for granted... Forget it, are they still on the market?"

"Dad and several other uncles persuaded them to stop."

"Alright."

"Then shall we go tomorrow? Dad said he can take us to California to visit Disneyland... Do you know Disneyland?"

"I know, but Disneyland is a place for children to play. Let's go to Wall Street tomorrow and go to Times Square." Chen Qin said, taking a hard bite of the meat sandwich in his hand, "Wall Street... is really fun."

　Don't panic, it's just a technical adjustment!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)